Evaluation of The First-Year Students’ Speaking Skill Through Google Drive at MAN 1 Jepara

Abstract

Technology-based Assessment (TBA) reflects the use of technology as a tool to organize assessment data or the use of technology to conduct an assessment. With the progression of technology in the education arena, Google Drive as an electronic assessment has emerged to be a growing popular assessment genre to date. This study aims to evaluate first-year students’ speaking skills through Google Drive. To that end, a descriptive qualitative case study will be employed in this study by using a videography study design. This study design is considered suitable because it allows us to capture not only what the participant said but also what the participant (W. J. Creswell & Creswell, 2018). The subject of this study will be implemented in which 31 first-year students of MAN 1 Jepara have taught the English subject for at least five years. The data will include the students' interviews, questionnaires, and students video recordings in the digital portfolio platform Google Drive. The result shows that there are five procedures in implementing Google Drive to assess speaking skills; identifying the goals of teaching and learning English, developing teaching and learning activities, identifying students' activity, designing and implementing appropriate strategies to help students’ difficulties, conducting students’ video recording through Google Drive. The majority of students report using Google Drive extensively for various school-related tasks, including storing notes, writing essays, and completing assignments. One of the most frequently mentioned benefits is its effectiveness for group projects, allowing real-time collaboration and easy file sharing among team members.